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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Pelicans | 34 | 34 | 23 | 23 | 114 |
 Wizards | 37 | 31 | 22 | 34 | 124 |
NOPTeam statsWAS| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOP | 43-9047.8% | 11-3135.5% | 17-2181.0% | 43 | 23 | 16 |
| WAS | 51-9056.7% | 10-2934.5% | 12-2352.2% | 45 | 30 | 14 |
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Washington Wizards124| 45 | 18 | 7-15 | 1-4 | 3-7 | +12 | +0.5 | ||||||||
| 34 | 22 | 8-16 | 1-4 | 5-10 | 0 | 0 | +13 | 0.0 | ||||||
| 32 | 29 | 12-15 | 3-4 | 2-3 | 0 | +15 | +14.7 | |||||||
| 23 | 12 | 5-11 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0 | +6 | +2.8 | |||||||
| 16 | 4 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +8 | −0.1 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 28 | 15 | 6-12 | 2-6 | 0 | 0 | 1-2 | −1 | +2.1 | ||||||
| 27 | 18 | 8-11 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | +6.5 | |||||||
| 21 | 4 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −2.9 | |||||
| 15 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −2.9 | ||||||
| Team | 124 | 51-9056.7% | 10-2934.5% | 45 | 30 | 14 | 16 | 12-2352.2% | 5 | 12 | 9 | |||
Bench 39 points on 17 for 31 shooting
Did not play: Jason Smith, Ian Mahinmi and Troy Brown Jr. (coach’s decision); Dwight Howard (injury/illness).
New Orleans Pelicans114| 40 | 24 | 7-12 | 5-9 | 5-5 | 0 | −9 | +6.1 | |||||||
| 39 | 29 | 10-16 | 1-3 | 8-10 | 0 | −4 | +10.2 | |||||||
| 36 | 16 | 7-18 | 1-4 | 1-2 | −5 | −4.3 | ||||||||
| 35 | 19 | 8-14 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 0 | −14 | +3.1 | |||||||
| 13 | 3 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −3.6 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 31 | 10 | 4-8 | 2-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −4.4 | |||||
| 21 | 5 | 2-9 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | −8.6 | |||||
| 17 | 6 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −7 | −0.4 | ||||
| 9 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −4.3 | |||||
| Team | 114 | 43-9047.8% | 11-3135.5% | 43 | 23 | 16 | 21 | 17-2181.0% | 7 | 10 | 3 | |||
Bench 23 points on 10 for 26 shooting
Did not play: Jahlil Okafor, Tim Frazier and Solomon Hill (coach’s decision); Anthony Davis (injury/illness).
Wizards124Pelicans114ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Otto Porter Jr. scored 29 points (16 in the first quarter), and the Washington Wizards went on a 12-2 run in the fourth quarter to beat the New Orleans Pelicans 124-114.
The Pelicans led 94-92 with 11:22 left in the fourth quarter. Austin Rivers’ driving layup put the Wizards ahead for good with 10:48 left. He scored 8 points during the run, and they led 104-96 with 8:54 left and by as many as 12.
The Pelicans got within 106-104 on E'Twaun Moore’s layup with 7:11 to play, but Markieff Morris answered with a 3-pointer, and the Pelicans got no closer.
Late in the fourth quarter, Rivers had 2 steals, and the Wizards scored 2 points off them.
John Wall had 22 points (14 in the paint) and 8 assists.
For the Pelicans, Julius Randle had 29 points, 15 rebounds and 7 assists, and Nikola Mirotic added 24 points and 9 rebounds. Moore had 19 points and 6 steals.
The Wizards shot 56.7% from the field to the Pelicans’ 47.8% and outscored them 70-44 in the paint. The Pelicans got 7 offensive rebounds, about 6 fewer than usual for the shots they missed.
Washington WizardsNew Orleans PelicansPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
112 points from the field on 90 shots: 16.1 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 29-35 | 82.9% | 63% |
| In the paint | 6-10 | 60.0% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 6-16 | 37.5% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 1-5 | 20.0% | 38% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 9-24 | 37.5% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikola Mirotic | 17 | 11 | 5-5 | +8 |
| Julius Randle | 15 | 2 | 1-1 | −1 |
| E'Twaun Moore | 15 | 12 | 5-5 | +9 |
| Darius Miller | 10 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 19 | 6 | 2-5 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 33 points on 75 possessions. He usually scores about 14 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jrue Holiday | 38 | 2 | 0-5 | −9 |
| E'Twaun Moore | 8 | 3 | 1-1 | +1 |
| Julius Randle | 8 | 4 | 2-2 | +2 |
| Nikola Mirotic | 7 | 2 | 1-4 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 16 | 8 | 3-4 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 19 points on 76 possessions. He usually scores about 22 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E'Twaun Moore | 29 | 2 | 1-2 | −7 |
| Jrue Holiday | 15 | 2 | 1-3 | −2 |
| Nikola Mirotic | 14 | 6 | 3-6 | +2 |
| Wesley Johnson | 14 | 2 | 1-1 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 29 | 5 | 1-4 | −4 |
The tracking credits him with 17 points on 101 possessions. He usually scores about 31 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
WAS win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
NOP
50/50
WAS
Highest Leverage Moments
Morris 25' 3PT Jump Shot (14 PTS) (Beal 8 AST)
Q4 6:53
14.9%
62→77
Randle 11' Fadeaway Jumper (23 PTS)
Q3 0:01
14.2%
58→44
Green Dunk (4 PTS) (Beal 6 AST)
Q4 11:47
14.2%
44→58
Porter Jr. 1' Tip Layup Shot (25 PTS)
Q4 6:06
11.4%
77→89
W. Johnson 25' 3PT Jump Shot (3 PTS) (Randle 4 AST)
Q3 7:34
11.1%
43→32
